Driven by digital imperatives, more IT leaders have shed their order-taking shackles to become full-fledged business partners. Cybersecurity leaders are increasingly taking the same tack. Joanna Burkey, who rejoined HP one year ago, is one CISO leading the charge. Burkey, who spent nearly 13 years in various roles at HP before exiting to lead cybersecurity at Siemens for 5 years, found a cyber program with a strong operational focus. But Burkey believed HP could benefit…

A misconfigured AWS S3 bucket is leaking personal information on 70,000 customers of a popular paleolithic lifestyle site, security researchers at vpnMentor have revealed. The research team, led by Noam Rotem, discovered the 290MB trove on February 4, and traced it back to Paleohacks, a US health and lifestyle brand that offers content and resources about the paleo diet. “At the time of writing, the company has ignored every attempt we’ve made to help them close the…

The personal safety of Washington DC police officers may be at risk after it emerged that ransomware threat actors had managed to steal personnel files in an attack earlier this month. The acting chief of the US capital’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Robert Contee, said in an email to staff that ‘HR files’ containing personal information were part of the haul, according to CNN. That adds extra jeopardy for officers in the event that the…

Las organizaciones se enfrentan a un panorama de amenazas en constante evolución, esa es una de las circunstancias que hacen es imperativo que las organizaciones mantengan una política de gestión de vulnerabilidades actualizada para corregir y controlar las vulnerabilidades de seguridad que pueden conducir a una brecha en la seguridad de la información. Con esto en cuenta, una buena política de gestión de vulnerabilidades debe contener lo siguiente: Una visión general de lo que se…